{{Short description|American baseball player (1862–1903)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Phil Reccius |position=Third baseman |image=Phil Reccius.jpg |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{Birth date|1862|6|7}} |birth_place=Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1903|2|15|1862|6|7}} |death_place=Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 25 |debutyear= {{Baseball year|1882}} |debutteam= Louisville Eclipse |finalleague = MLB |finaldate= June 5 |finalyear= {{Baseball year|1890}} |finalteam= Rochester Broncos |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.231 |stat2label=Runs scored |stat2value=117 |stat3label=RBIs |stat3value=99 |teams= * Louisville Eclipse/Colonels ({{Baseball year|1882}}–{{Baseball year|1887}}), ({{Baseball year|1888}}) * Cleveland Blues (AA) ({{Baseball year|1887}}) * Rochester Broncos ({{Baseball year|1890}}) }}
'''Phillip Reccius''' (June 7, 1862 – February 15, 1903) was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky, who played for eight seasons in the majors, mainly playing third base for his hometown team, the Louisville Eclipse.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/recciph01.shtml Baseball-Reference player page]</ref>
Phil had two brothers who were also involved heavily in baseball. John Reccius was a Major League player for two seasons, also for the Eclipse, and Bill Reccius was the founder and manager for the mid-1870s version of the Louisville Eclipse, though he did not manage or play in the majors. Phil and his brothers were childhood friends of other ballplayers who came from Louisville area, such as Pete Browning,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jockbio.com/Classic/Browning/Browning_1.html |title=Pete Browning Biography |access-date=April 27, 2007 |archive-date=March 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325043559/http://www.jockbio.com/Classic/Browning/Browning_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Jimmy Wolf.
Phil died at the age of 40 in Louisville, and is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=recciph01 Baseball Almanac player page]</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{Baseball stats |br=r/recciph01 |brm=recciu002phi}} *{{Find a Grave|13236285}}
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